Two new PebbleOS smartwatches are actually up for pre-order

Again in January, Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky unveiled his plan to release new smartwatches powered by means of the open-sourced PebbleOS, and as of late they’re already up for pre-order. The Core 2 Duo is $149 and ships in July, whilst the Core Time 2 is $225 and ships in December.

Each are handiest going to be to be had on pre-order from retailer.repebble.com (they are going to now not be offered anyplace else), and each have international transport. They’re going to be to be had in restricted amounts, and pre-orders are absolutely refundable at any time till your watch ships.

Core 2 Duo

This one has a 1.26-inch 144×168 black and white e-paper display, a polycarbonate body, barometer and compass, and is available in black or white colorways. It is “nearly precisely” a Pebble 2, however progressed with 30-day battery existence (up from 7), a Nordic nRF52840 BLE chip, a speaker, a linear resonance actuator, and extra dependable buttons with as much as 30% longer lifetime in trying out.

Core 2 Duo

This may after all run all 10,000+ Pebble apps and watch faces. It’s going to be water-proof, with the corporate concentrated on IPX8, it has a microphone, step and sleep monitoring, and takes a normal 22mm watch strap.

Core Time 2

That is Eric’s dream watch, it appears. It has a 64-color (sure, that is 64, now not 64 billion) 1.5″ 200×228 e-paper touchscreen, the similar because the Pebble Time 2. It has a steel body and steel buttons, and is to be had in black or white, with a 3rd colour more likely to come in a while.

Core Time 2

It has 30-day battery existence, a flat glass lens for much less glare and reflections than the Pebble Time circle of relatives, a middle fee observe, microphone and speaker, a normal 22mm watch strap, step and sleep monitoring, and water resistance (once more, concentrated on IPX8 however not anything is sure simply but).

The economic design is “carefully according to Pebble 2”, the founder says, however it is rather larger to deal with the bigger show. Extra main points can be shared “later this 12 months”.

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